Expecting Purgatory Can Be a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Purify Your Soul Now with the Fire of Divine Love
A Sermon Preached by Rev. Fr. Bernard Uttley, OSB, on November 9, 2012 The entire month of November is dedicated to the remembrance of the poor suffering souls in Purgatory. As we know, the holy souls in Purgatory are completely unable to alleviate their sufferings in any way. But God, in His goodness and loving […]
Striving to Make Jesus and Mary More Real to Ourselves Makes Our Love for Them Deeper and More Meaningful
A Sermon Preached by Rev. Fr. Casimir Puskorius, CMRI on August 23, 2009 Recognizing Our Lord and Our Lady as Real Persons Like Ourselves is a Great Blessing Venerable Brothers and Sisters, dear parishioners, I would like to speak to you today about the blessings hidden in the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I gave a […]
Staying Close to Mary, Queen of Martyrs, Ever Transforms Us in the Love of Jesus
From the Servite magazine, “Queen of the Missions” (June-July 1955 Edition), and TV Scripts of “Behold Thy Mother” Studying the Mystery of the Incarnation Leads to Contemplation of the Cross and Jesus Crucified What is the greatest event in history? The Incarnation. That God became man is, as St. Bernard called it, “the affair of […]
Quotes from 10 Mystics That Help Us Meditate on Mary’s Sorrows
by Alexis M. Lepicier, OSMtranslated by Marge Radford (Winter, 2017) What good can come from our meditating on the sorrows of the mother of God and her Most Holy Son? St. Alexis Faconeri (+1310), one of the seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order. A 14th century historian cites him as having said these memorable […]
The Blessings that Come With Enthroning the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts as King and Queen of the Home
by Rev. Fr. Gregory Drahman, CMRI (Summer, 2007) A Brief History of the Sacred Heart Devotion and Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SS. CC. Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is nothing new; it comes to us from the pages of Sacred Scripture itself. The significance of St. Longinus’ piercing Christ’s side on Mt. Calvary helps […]
“Mary, My Mother, Help Me Love My God; Help Me to Fight for Him and for Souls!”
by Rev. Fr. Eugen RisslingTranslated from the original German by a Marian Sister (Fall, 2015) Being Able to Invoke Mary as Our Mother in All Our Needs is a Great Blessing for Us (The following article pertains to a German prayer that may or may not be familiar to English-speaking Catholics; nevertheless, these reflections can […]
The Precious Blood of Jesus is the Symbol for the Whole Mystery of Redemption
A Sermon Preached by Rev. Fr. Bernard Uttley, O.S.B., on June 29, 2014 My beloved people, this Tuesday is the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and in popular piety the entire month of July is dedicated to the devotion of the Precious Blood. Although Our Lord’s entire Sacred Humanity […]
Loving Reparation for Sin Consoles the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
A Sermon Preached by Rev. Fr. Francisco Radecki, CMRI(The Fatima Conference, October 10, 2013) Sin and the Need for Reparation Although millions today seriously offend God by their wicked lives, apathy, and indifference, there are still faithful souls throughout the world who console Him by a life of sacrificial love and perseverance in virtue. Imagine […]
The Long and Eventful History of the Miraculous Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
(Fall-Winter, 2005)by Sr. Mary Agatha, CMRI The following is the fascinating story, dating back more than 500 years, of the miraculous icon which the Blessed Virgin herself commanded to be venerated between the churches of St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran in Rome. The icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help is one of […]
To Win Our Grateful Love: Reflections on the Sacred Heart Devotion
A Sermon Preached by Very Rev. Fr. Casimir Puskorius, CMRI (Spring, 2016) My Dearly Beloved: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most beautiful, most rich, and most profound devotions that we have in the Catholic Church and it is absolutely theological and powerful in its meaning. Today as we celebrate […]